Next WaPUG Event:
23 May 2012 -
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WaPUG Spring Conference
At Austin Court, Birmingham
Next Joint WaPUG Event:
22 - 24 June 2012 -
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Study Weekend
Joint with Rivers and Coastal Group
Kingston upon Hull.
New Members Competition
'A new approach to funding: where is the money coming
from?
Joint Rivers & Coastal and WaPUG
Last year Rivers & Coastal Group (RCG) ran a very successful
competition which challenged entrants to consider sustainable
management of our changing coastlines. The finalists from Royal
Haskoning, the Environment Agency and JBA Consulting gave
presentations on their entries at the RCG Study Weekend at Bristol.
The competition was won by a team from Royal Haskoning.
Following the success of last years competition, RCG and WaPUG
have developed a joint New Members Competition. A new
approach to funding flood and coastal schemes has emerged that
changes the emphasis to fixed payments for benefits and active
seeking of local contributions. This year's competition will
involve looking at how this new approach might be applied to either
a Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy or a Local
Flood Risk Management Strategy to the competition case study. We
are interested in hearing from different sectors of the industry,
including government organisations, local government, consultants
and contractors.
This competition is open to members of CIWEM within 10 years of
joining the industry / institution and can be entered by
individuals or teams.
The submission date for the competition is 18th May
2012.
For more information click
here
About the Group
WaPUG, now CIWEM's Urban Drainage Group, has a long history of
promoting best practice in the field of urban drainage. Formed in
1984, it organises technical conferences and specialist workshops
that attract delegates from all parts of the urban drainage
community and at all levels, from trainees to senior
managers.
WaPUG:
- Promotes best practice in sustainable planning, design and
management of urban drainage systems
- Influences Government policy on urban flooding and pollution
risk
- Provides a forum for discussion and debate on leading
issues
- Enables members to socialise, develop their professional skills
and share expertise
- Promotes technical excellence through Codes of Practice and
technical guides
- Supports CIWEM by lobbying for policy development, responding
to consultations, providing policy statements and providing
spokespeople
WaPUG Winter Newsletter 2011
Click on the link to the right to see the Newsletter or click here to
download a printable version which is in booklet format.
If you didn't receive this Newsletter by email and you think you
should have (or you want to in future) please contact James
Hales.
This Newsletter was sent out by email to the WaPUG membership on 04
January 2012.
WaPUG R&D Workshops and Forums
WaPUG is taking a leading role in the update of the Urban
Pollution Management (UPM) Manual. It is the intention to
produce a streamlined manual, with anything that will change with
time being moved into best practice guidance documents.
WaPUG have agreed to develop these best practice guidance
documents this year.
At a WaPUG arranged workshop in October 2011, it was agreed that
the top three priority areas were:-
Marine and Estuary Modelling
Rainfall
Design, Cost Benefit Analysis and Post Completion
Analysis
We are pulling together networks of interested individuals who
have some expertise in these fields to assist in the development of
these documents.
If you are interested in being part of the development team
please contact the following individuals:-
Marine and Estuary Modelling
Richard
Dannatt, Intertek Metoc
Rainfall
Graham Squibbs, United
Utilities
Design, CBA and Post Completion Analysis
Katherine
Pygott, Arup
Please contact Graham
Squibbs, R&D Co-ordinator,
with any WaPUG related R&D matter, including ideas for future
workshops or research topics.
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